"Cisco already offers a fair amount of rich features in its ISR
router, and the market responded very well to integrating features like these into the branch
office," said Steve Schuchart, an analyst with Current Analysis. "Juniper is going for a router in
the branch office that can handle multiple services without significant slowdown of the box."

The new J4350 and J6350, which add to Juniper's existing J2300 router in the J-series lineup,
will incorporate Avaya's G350 Media Gateway via plug-in cards in the first quarter next year,
giving enterprises a VoIP-ready option for their branch offices.

Following the availability of Avaya's Juniper-specific VoIP technology, Juniper will offer
services modules with WAN Application Acceleration (WXC) technology for the new routers, providing
compression and caching, TCP and application-specific acceleration, as well as visibility and
reporting functions.

The new routers bode well for Juniper users waiting for VoIP capabilities already enjoyed by
Cisco shops, but they stop short of a truly integrated platform, according to Zeus Kerravala, a
Yankee Group analyst.

"These routers don't solve the whole [VoIP] problem for Juniper users," Kerravala said. "All
this announcement is, is a VoIP gateway that they put in the router. It lets you go from TDM to IP,
but you still have to hand off traffic to an IP PBX. You still have to put an IP PBX behind the
gateway."

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